Build an Aquaponics System (Project Kickoff)

September 22, 2013 · 12:00 PM

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Aquaponics is a food production system that combines conventional aquaculture, (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks), with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment.

We're planning to build and document a fully automated and instrumented aquaponics system! The project kick off is open to anyone who wants to be part of the effort or is along for the ride to learn.

We're polling our membership and guests to improve our meetup schedule. Tell us when you would like to meetup and what things you'd like to see at https://goo.gl/g325Z4 . It's only 7 questions and should take about two minutes.

Some of the projects our members work on: aquaponics, FIRST robotics, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Internet of Things (IoT), electronics, ham / amateur radio, wearable electronics, home automation, microcontrollers, quadcopters, drones, 3D printing, art, etc. We are working on offering a wide range of classes from Minecraft to sewing to LED lighting to Linux to lockpicking to movie making and photography. Whether your interest is technology like hardware or electronic devices, software, or artistic like art, design, film, or music, we're here to help you with your projects.

Our workshop currently has several 3D printers, a plastic former, a laser cutter, several CNC routers, machine tools including a CNC mill, vertical mill and metal lathes. We also have a growing collection of manual tools from soldering stations and oscilloscopes to drill presses, table saws, and aluminum forges. We have multiple quad copters and robot kits. We are continuously acquiring more equipment and are in the process of setting up a computing lab to support the programming, design and fabrication tools.